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Flash floods can strike without warning — this new technology could change that
Flash floods are some of the deadliest weather events in the world. A new system called TACLS that combines satellite data with machine learning could gives us new tools to predict these floods sooner.
To help read 2,000-year-old scrolls burned by Vesuvius, Berkeley scientists had students write on modern papyrus, then burned it; leaded ink absorbed up to 25 times more X-rays than charred papyrus
Experiments & Discoveries News: What if the best way to understand a 2,000-year-old burned scroll is to make one yourself and set it on fire? Scientists did just that to investigate .
Scientists analysed DNA from 38 wild cats and discovered one was a species nobody had recognised; the 3-pound Bolivian cat is the first new living feline described in over a century
Wildlife & Biodiversity News: A tiny wild cat living quietly in the Bolivian Andes has turned out to be something scientists have been searching for without quite knowing it. Weigh.
Mars has 'footprints'? Nasa rover spots strange pits unlike anything seen before
Science News: Nasa's Curiosity rover has found a strange pattern of tiny pits on Mars that initially look like footprints, but scientists say they were not made by .
Los satélites lo confirman: la Tierra perdió más de 12 billones de toneladas de hielo de Groenlandia y la Antártida en 47 años
El calentamiento global acelera el proceso de deshielo
World's last known wild Chilean tree daisy gets a lifeline as conservationists use ropes to support its only survivor and two seedlings arrive at a Scottish garden
Nature & Environment News: A rare tree daisy from Chile's Robinson Crusoe Island is receiving a new lifeline after two seedlings arrived at Logan Botanic Garden in south-west Sc.
Taiwanese students are turning discarded oyster shells and coral waste into 3D-printed structures for damaged reefs
Experiments & Discoveries News: A group of students in Taiwan has found a way to give discarded shellfish waste a second life beneath the waves. Their project, named Reefvive, takes .
From tens of millions to just 1,000: 140 years after America’s national mammal vanished in the 1880s, indigenous tribes and conservationists are helping bring it back to the prairie
Wildlife & Biodiversity News: For America, bison have always been more than just an ordinary animal. The largest land mammal in North America, the massive, shaggy beast has been ex.
‘Heartbreaking and extremely rare’: Mother humpback whale carries stillborn calf through the ocean; scientists explain the unusual behaviour
Wildlife & Biodiversity News: A mother humpback whale was filmed repeatedly returning to her stillborn calf off Australia’s Gold Coast, displaying prolonged attention toward the ne.
Un proyecto piloto trituró 60 toneladas de barcos abandonados y quemó los pedazos en un horno que sirven como combustible y materia prima
Los americanos retiran aproximadamente 200.000 cascos al año
Australian researchers sent edible fungi to the ISS for nearly a month; after returning to Earth, the mushrooms grew and were eaten in pasta
Science News: In August 2024, researchers at Swinburne University of Technology in Australia sent 36 small vials containing fungi into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon .
Scientists solve mystery of black hole 'burps'; new study reveals when these cosmic objects launch powerful jets after eating stars
Space & Astronomy News: When a star strays too close to a supermassive black hole, gravity can tear the star apart in what astronomers call a tidal disruption event. Some of .
Iberian lynx fell to just 62 mature animals in 2001; conservation has helped push its population above 2,000
Wildlife & Biodiversity News: For much of the 20th century, the Iberian lynx was disappearing from the Spanish landscape. By 2001, only 62 mature animals were recorded, leaving one.
Khosla-backed Mazama Energy just raised $135M to drill deeper into super-hot-rock geothermal | TechCrunch
Geothermal startup Mazama is drilling three miles underground to tap superhot rock, with one well capable of generating 15 MW of electricity 24/7.
Estudo sobre dentes revela que o T. rex tinha sangue quente | G1
Análise química de dentes indica temperatura corporal de 36,3°C e reforça que o predador podia viver até em ambientes com temperaturas congelantes.
Terroir da cachaça: o que define a bebida e o destaque de Paraty | G1
Estudos apontam diferenças regionais na bebida, enquanto clima, cana, fermentação, destilação e saber-fazer ajudam a explicar características que chegam ao copo.
Ann Hammond spent years restoring her 12-acre Iowa property with native habitat; years later, a federally endangered bumblebee appeared among her flowers
Wildlife & Biodiversity News: For years, Ann Hammond worked to transform her 12-acre Iowa property into a welcoming place for native plants and wildlife. The effort eventually brou.